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East and West Match Play
Weir, Fortushniak Win as Wildcats Fall to Grand Canyon, 3-2
Sep 24, 2019 | Women's Golf
MADISON, Wis. – Chloe Weir won the first two holes of her match with Grand Canyon's Carolina Sandstrom, dropped the third, then never looked back in a commanding 6&5 victory to try to set the tone at the top of the lineup for the Wildcats, but the early lead would fade in a 3-2 match play loss to close a disappointing East-West Match Play at University Ridge Golf Course Tuesday.
A day after the Wildcats struggled to an 8th-place seeding following 36-holes of stroke play, Weir attempted to help K-State leave on a high note. The redshirt senior from Belfast, Northern Ireland, won three straight holes at the turn, shooting par on No. 18 while Sandstrom bogeyed, then converted a rescue shot for birdie on No. 1 and effectively put her individual match away by winning on No. 2. The 'Cats and 'Lopes battled to the final holes in three of the five matches, with K-State's Heather Fortushniak also winning, but Grand Canyon emerged on top.
"I love playing match play and to go out and get the first point on the board, I was hoping it was going to feed back to everyone else, but their matches were a little bit tougher," Weir said. "Everyone's a little disheartened with how we played, considering we just came off a win, but we know what we need to work on and we've got a good off period and we're going to work really hard for the next tournament."
Junior Niamh McSherry dropped her match up with Peyton Fehringer 2UP after shooting 12-over par during stroke play on Monday. Reid Isaac never led in her pairing with Siripatsorn Patchana and lost 6&5. Sophomore Briony Bayles was four down through seven to Alexis Linam, before making a similar run as Weir at the turn and tied the match by the final three holes, but was outlasted in a 1UP loss.
"It's disappointing to lose our match today, it came down to the last hole," K-State head coach Kristi Knight said. "The ladies fought. Chloe did exactly what you want your lead to do - she went out and got a big lead, closed out her match through 12 holes, then turned around and started cheering her teammates on. It was a really good experience for all the ladies."
K-State will have nearly a month to regroup, teeing off their next tournament Oct. 20 at the Jim West Challenge in San Marcos, Texas
"You learn from wins and you learn from losses," Knight said. "Usually failures are opportunities to learn a little bit more."
A day after the Wildcats struggled to an 8th-place seeding following 36-holes of stroke play, Weir attempted to help K-State leave on a high note. The redshirt senior from Belfast, Northern Ireland, won three straight holes at the turn, shooting par on No. 18 while Sandstrom bogeyed, then converted a rescue shot for birdie on No. 1 and effectively put her individual match away by winning on No. 2. The 'Cats and 'Lopes battled to the final holes in three of the five matches, with K-State's Heather Fortushniak also winning, but Grand Canyon emerged on top.
"I love playing match play and to go out and get the first point on the board, I was hoping it was going to feed back to everyone else, but their matches were a little bit tougher," Weir said. "Everyone's a little disheartened with how we played, considering we just came off a win, but we know what we need to work on and we've got a good off period and we're going to work really hard for the next tournament."
Junior Niamh McSherry dropped her match up with Peyton Fehringer 2UP after shooting 12-over par during stroke play on Monday. Reid Isaac never led in her pairing with Siripatsorn Patchana and lost 6&5. Sophomore Briony Bayles was four down through seven to Alexis Linam, before making a similar run as Weir at the turn and tied the match by the final three holes, but was outlasted in a 1UP loss.
"It's disappointing to lose our match today, it came down to the last hole," K-State head coach Kristi Knight said. "The ladies fought. Chloe did exactly what you want your lead to do - she went out and got a big lead, closed out her match through 12 holes, then turned around and started cheering her teammates on. It was a really good experience for all the ladies."
K-State will have nearly a month to regroup, teeing off their next tournament Oct. 20 at the Jim West Challenge in San Marcos, Texas
"You learn from wins and you learn from losses," Knight said. "Usually failures are opportunities to learn a little bit more."
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